Clothes-lifter



(No Model.)

0. E. DOOLITTLE.

CLOTHES LIFTER.

Patented May 11,1897.

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CHARLES E. DOOLITTLE, OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHES-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,275, dated May 11,1897.

Application filed February 2, 1897- Serial No. 621,597. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DOOLITTLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Plantsville, in the county of Hartford andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Clothes- Lifters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, whereby any one 7 skilled in the art can make and use thesame.

The object of my invention is to provide a device by means of which wetclothing or like articles may be removed from a wash boiler or tub andplaced in another receptacle without requiring the operator to standover the boiler or to use the hands in direct contact with the wetclothes.

To this end my invention consists of the several parts making up thedevice as a whole and in the combination of such parts as arehereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of thedevice shown in position for use on the end of a boiler. Fig. 2 is adetail view, in front elevation, of the device with parts broken away toshow construction.

In the accompanying drawings my improved device is shown in use on awashboiler, in connection with which it is more especially adapted foruse, and in said drawings the letter a denotes a washboiler, Z) thehandle, and 0 one of the articles forming a part of the contents oftheboiler.

The letter d denotesa standard, made, preferably, of wood, having at thelower end a fork e, which straddles the edge of the boiler with one legof the fork on the inside and the other located between the side partsof the handle I) on the outside and tapered and adapted to fit snuglywithin the handle, so that this standard is held firmly in a verticalposition on the edge of the boiler.

In the upper part of the standard is a socket d, adapted to receive thepivoted end of the swivel f. The swivel f has at its lower end a shankf,.adapted to fit the socket d in the standard, the shoulder f forming astop which determines the vertical position of the swivel in its socket.The upper portion of the swivel is U -shaped and holds between thebranches f f a socket-piece g, which is supported on the horizontalpivot 9, that extends through an opening in the socket-piece and throughthe upper end of the branches and may be held in place as by means of anut on one end of the pivot and a head on the other.

The socket-piece g has a transverse socket g adapted to receive a leverh, which is preferably cylindrical and of a length sufficient to enableit to extend downward into the boiler and for a like distance outside.This lever has a lengthwise sliding movement in the socket-piece, amovement in a vertical plane on the pivot g, and a swinging movementsidewise in a horizontal plane on the The operation of the device is asfollows:

The standard having been secured to the edge of the boiler or othervessel, as a tub or barrel, in which wet clothes may be placed in theprocess of washing, the leveris thrustthrough the socketpiece in theswivel and its inner end pushed down into the boiler underneath a foldof the article to be removed, and by downward pressure on the outer endof the lever the article is lifted out of the water and may be swung toone side out of the boiler and into any convenient receptacle. Thisdevice is of great practical use in removing clothing from a boiler inwhich it has been immersed in hot water, and it avoids the necessity ofstanding over the hot steaming contents of the boiler or of touchingthem with the hands. It also aids as a mechanical device for impartingthe force needed to remove theclothing by use of the lever in thelifting operation.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a standard having meansfor attachment to the vertical wall of a vessel, a swivel rotarilymounted on the standard, a socket-piece pivoted to the swivel and havinga transverse socket, and a lever mounted in the socket-piece.

2. In combination, a standard having a forked lower end adapted to graspthe upright walls of a boiler or like vessel, avertical socket in theupper end of the standard, a swivel having a shank pivoted in the socketin the standard and supporting a socket-piece pivoted in a horizontalplane between the arms of the swivel, a transverse socket in saidsocket-piece, and a lever loosely mounted in the socket-piece.

3. In combination, a standard having a forked lower end, one leg of saidfork loein g, tapered and adapted to fit snugly Within the handle of aboiler, a socket in the upright portion of the standard, a swivelpivoted in the vertical socket in the standard and having a sooket'pieoepivoted to swing in a ver- 10 tical plane, and a lever mounted in saidsooketpiece.

CHARLES E. DOOLITTLE. Witnesses AUGUSTINE M. LEWIS, CHARLES E. LUCAS.

